Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 28, 1965 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
April 27, 1965
Astros 3, Mets 2 1965 Regular Season Game 15
April 28, 1965
Astros 12, Mets 9 Next Game:
April 30, 1965
Reds 6, Mets 1

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National League Standings, April 28, 1965

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Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Bobby
Klaus rf
Johnny
Lewis lf
Joe
Christopher 1b
Ed
Kranepool 3b
Jim
Hickman cf
Ron
Swoboda c
Chris
Cannizzaro ss
Roy
McMillan p
Frank
Lary

April 28, 1965, Astrodome, Houston, TX

Houston Astros 12, New York Mets 9

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Bobby Klaus 2b 5 1 2 2 0 1 .170

Johnny Lewis rf 5 1 2 2 0 3 .312

Joe Christopher lf 5 1 1 1 0 2 .224

Ed Kranepool 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .426

Jim Hickman 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .069

Ron Swoboda cf 5 1 2 1 0 2 .346

Chris Cannizzaro c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .162

Roy McMillan ss 3 2 1 1 1 0 .140

Frank Lary p 2 1 1 0 0 0 .500

- Carl Willey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Jesse Gonder ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .235

- Billy Cowan pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .231

- Galen Cisco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Tug McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Al Jackson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Joe Morgan 2b 3 2 0 0 2 0

Al Spangler lf 2 2 0 0 3 0

Jim Wynn cf 4 2 2 2 1 0

Walt Bond 1b 4 1 1 2 1 0

Bob Aspromonte 3b 4 1 2 3 0 0

Rusty Staub rf 5 0 0 0 0 0

John Bateman c 5 2 3 1 0 0

Bob Lillis ss 4 1 2 1 0 0

Bob Bruce p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ken MacKenzie p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Larry Dierker p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Hal Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim Owens p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Joe Gaines ph 1 1 1 0 0 0

- Claude Raymond p 1 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

New York Mets 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 13 3

Houston Astros 1 1 0 3 1 4 0 2 x 12 11 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Frank Lary 3.2 5 5 2 3 1 3.60

Carl Willey 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 4.15

Galen Cisco 0.0 1 3 3 2 0 7.11

Tug McGraw (L,0-1) 0.0 0 1 1 2 0 5.79

Al Jackson 3.0 3 2 2 0 0 7.85

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Bob Bruce 1.1 6 4 4 0 0

Ken MacKenzie 1.0 3 1 1 0 1

Larry Dierker 3.1 3 4 3 1 3

Hal Woodeshick 0.0 1 0 0 0 0

Jim Owens (W) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Claude Raymond 3.0 0 0 0 0 6

Errors: Jim Hickman (2), Bob Lillis.
WP: Frank Lary.
2B: Ed Kranepool (7), Bobby Klaus (2), Johnny Lewis (6), Ron Swoboda (2), Bob Aspromonte, Jim Wynn, John Bateman, Joe Gaines.
3B: Walt Bond.
SH: Chris Cannizzaro, Larry Dierker.
SF: Ed Kranepool, Bob Aspromonte.
SB: Jim Wynn.
CS: John Bateman.

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